[afnog] setting permanent IPv6 address on linux
Ernest Byaruhanga
ernest at afrinic.org
Wed Jul 21 10:16:24 EAT 2004
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Noah Sematimba wrote:
>
> Take a look at the config files in /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> Any changes that ought to be permanent have to be made to those
> configuration files. The same holds true for most other things on the
> system. You can find the configuration files normally in /etc/sysconfig or
> /etc
you may also run redhat-config-network.
ernest
>
> Noah.
>
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Godfred Ofori Som wrote:
>
> > I am trying to assign multiple IP addresses (both v4 and v6) on my box's
> > (Redhat 9) NIC.
> > Although I can add addresses and assign static routes using ifconfig eth0
> > inet6 add command the system does not keep these settings after reboot: It
> > only keeps the IPv4 addresses.
> > The same holds true when I try to enable packet forwarding from the
> > configuration files in
> > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/ and /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/. After reboot, my
> > settings are being replaced by the defaults.
> > Does anybody know how to make these settings permanent?
> >
> > best regards
> > godfred
> >
> >
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